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ALL 46 SAVED AT SEA AS FIRE DESTROYS ARMY TRANSPORT; Joseph V. Connolly Survivors Rescued After 13-Hour Tossing in Storm 1,000 Miles Out PLANES SPOT LIFEBOATS Wrecked Ship, Which Brought Home First War Dead, Was Taking Coffins to Antwerp ARMY TRANSPORT THAT BURNED AT SEA AND HER SKIPPER 46 RESCUED AT SEA AS FIRE RUINS SHIP

By FRANK S. ADAMS ();

January 13, 1948,

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Forty-six men -- all who were aboard the Army transport Joseph V. Connolly when she caught fire at sea 1,000 miles east of New York early yesterday -- were rescued last night after they had tossed on the stormy Atlantic for many hours in four lifeboats.

January 13, 1948

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